The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-20
BewiIdering Array of Names for the Colors
that Devotees of Fashion Will Wear at
Balls To Be Given by the Select Cliques.
How the Gallant Old Tecumseh Sher-
man Conducts Himself at the Theater.
turned from Europe, and Tells All About
Wales and the Yankee Girls at Homburg.
special to the lndianapoli, Journal.

NEW YORK, Nov. lJ-Ib0 UrauIs nave
changed to the other side of town. This has
fashionable significance, although the family OF
the late General and President have thus far
avoided that conspicuousness which they could
easily have obtained in snobbsh circles.
Fifth avenue is being possessed by trade, and
the area of really modsh residence in that
gion is being constantly restricted. It has for
several years been evident that the overflow
would go to the western quarter, bounded beau
tifully by Central Park, Riverside Park and
Morningside Park. Through that narrow por-
rion OF the city run wide, park-like boulevards,
West-end avenue and Central Park west. Uivs-
s. Grant. ir.. has just bought residence in
West-end avenue, the widow of the General has
closed bargain for another in exchange for her
present house, and Col. Fred d. Grant is nego-
tiating for third. The tomb of Grant is at the
northern end of this section, and the magnificent
Episcopal Cathedral is to stand in it. The wild
ow Grant visits the temporary sepulchre of her
husband every few days. It is a mean, kennel
like structure. in which the hermetically sealed
coffin rests on bier, placed at the time of the
funeral. But the surroundings beautiful,
and when a monument is erected-it seems at
present a long way off, although Congress is to
be asked to complete the fund-the spot will be
a sight. Indeed it is now one of the places vis-
ited by strangers; and most of them, by the way,
look at an adjacent grave that of long-de
ceased son of Grant, lately brought there. The
error got well started somehow. the policemen
have grown weary of explaining that it is an old
grave, and so it gets great deal of attention.
Mrs Grant has learned that poor, mourning
hearts have the added of scheming busi-
ness agents She was lying on a lounge in her
back parlor the day after the obsequies, when
a man gently pushed open the door, and. with
great care, deposited mahogany box on the
table, He coughed apologetically behind
black glove, and commenced set speech. I'm
the midst Of life in DEATH" he began.
The lady sprang MP. On went the orator.
s'How pleasing, when those we love are removed
to have fascinating mementoes."
'What ia it you wantr' was the la6y's ques-
ton.
II am the patentee of process by which
flowers preserved natural life, and
after death made TO be beautiful ornaments OF
the drawing-room." exclaimed the man. LET
me show you some specimens" and he began to
unbuckle the box and exhibit . lot of bilious
wreaths and iaundiced crosses Mrs. Grant
burst into fresh tears and few out of the room
to order the intruder elected. She has
since been besieged by persons who. for the
sake of sales or advertising, desire to do some
thing other about the tomb. To guard her
against them she has made herself inaccessible
to strangers. save through some male member
of the household
York commonly pestered by peddlers
know an instance when r.other, while her dead
child still lay in the house. encountered at her
chamber door a sallow-faced female, in rusty
back alpaca. sitting gngerly on the edge of 3
chair
II told 'em not to disturb you" walled the
creature. in plaintive voice. I'm this time of
trouble don't want to hurry one. Have you
got picture of the lamented child2' The woman
consulted a card in the hollow of her left hand.
which the age aud relationship Of the
dead person was written. '.Your dear daughter
is gone; it is great deprivation-phot ographs
fade oil paintings are unnatural, but cast of
the face of the dead would be like having her
with you again."
She held up for breath, and taking a parcel
she deftly undd it and displayed something
shockngy like the head OF corpse a cast Ia
plaster of some dead person. The mother gave
a smothered scream, and fed before this horror,
down to the basement. to instruct the servants
to admit no str angers to the house, on pain Of
dismissal
In the world of life and gayety the ball season
is about to begin. Our bellies getting their
costumes ready for TWO debutante balls at Del
monicos for the Astor-v Vanderbilt clique There
is no end to the bizarre nomenc lature of coors
for ball dresses This week they spring lizard
green aud chamomile pink on us. The lizard
green is the shade our mothers used to esteem in
girlhood tea green.
"A tea green glove is the most serviceable
color in the world" said ma the other day.
BLACK tea or green tea, with without
mlk!" asked the daughter.
"Green tea. of course and plain. to be sure.
Plain green tea in white china cup is
actly the shade of lizard green-very lovely in
gloves and very nice in hosiery, if the dress is
the same color. Cnamomile pink is a yellowish
rose color. something like shrimp pink and
both those coiors can be found in the JERSEY silk
shirts that many ladies wear. This rage for
odd-colored underwear is a fine thing for the
cleaners. who get the clothes to clean instead of
the laundress They do not bear washing. and
into naphtha go tie violet sulphur, lizard
green and chamomile pink things. For doing
mp silk chemse the cleaners ask 81. so, for q
pair OF silk stockings 25 cents, and for Jersey
shirt so cents; for silk night-dress 81, and for
a handkerchief 10 cents. woman who wears
this style of garb has no fool of bill at her
cleaners.
1t is delightful to see Gen. Sherman at first
nights in theaters He always has q pretty
woman with him. and the amorous attention
he pays to her is a lesson to those careless
young men who go out and dwaddle in the lobby,
help hold up neighbo bar, during
the intermissions. The old war-h horse is white
headed and stubblv- bearded his clothes are not
the correct evening dress by any means, for he
usually wears pepper and salt suit, but there
is a world of earnest admiration in his honest
blue eyes. and the court he pays to mis- compan-
ion is more than a claw hammer coat could
convey. Another striking figure is that of
young man, faultiessly attired, with O
rather meaningless but handsome face, reared
to altitude of six feet and three inches by a
veritaoie pair of tongs for legs. This is Baron
Blanc. cousin of Freddy Gebhardt, and he mar
ried the divorced wife of Alexander Regal. of
Philadel phia. She went on the atage then and
made sort of a singer. Shei is q
pretty blonde woman and they make o striking
pair. small woman with a mouth and chin
much like Anna Dickinson's with nice eyes and
cloud of flowing blonde hair. is Mrs. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. She appeared last night in q
giant hat of black silk bordered with pink flow
erng almond blossoms, and fairly lost in . gor
geous cloak trimmed with Russian sable A
French count and countess always have seats as
near the big fiddle AZ they can get They eat az
Delmonico's till the latest possible minute, and
then they Duff down the aisies OF the theater TO
their front chairs. When the act drops the
count gets MP like pouter pigeon. and crawls
ont for eoma lionor to reduce Indigestion. while